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This is great! I would like to find out what the result of this switch is over the next year and into the future.

Very impressive!

In an entirely different way, I was really impressed to learn that my small, rural town (

This is wonderful! All cities and towns should encourage use of CFLs.

Kudos to Pasadena for not only talking the talk of environmental issues, but walking the walk as well. I hope more cities, especially larger urban areas, such as New York and Los Angeles, take note.

Last Friday, the Los Angeles DWP dropped off paper tote bags w/2 CFLS and an energy conservation handbook on the front walkways of all of the homes in my neighborhood.

Did any other neighborhoods in the LA area get a goodie bag as well? Would love to know.

Thats wonderful! Some consumers scorn at the price when standard bulbs are only .75 cents for four. I hate that I can't put them in my existing ceiling fans wit dimmers... They buzz and cut in/out. Fyi, cfls can't be used with dimmers.

I've heard that CFL's contain small amounts of mercury and aren't recycled properly. Doesn't this undue the benefit of using CFL's to begin with?

David
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